Word Meaning 長蛇を逸す

ちょうだをいっす chouda o issu

長蛇を逸す is read as ちょうだをいっす (chouda o issu) and means to miss a big chance.

Meaning

English

to miss a big chance
to miss a good opportunity
to let one's enemy slip away

Reading

Kana

ちょうだをいっす

Romaji

chouda o issu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Proverb ✓ Rank 131129 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

長蛇の列

ちょうだのれつ

long line

長蛇

ちょうだ

long line (of people, etc.)

蜒々長蛇

えんえんちょうだ

long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)

長いす

ながいす

couch

長崎

ながさき

Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

長距離

ちょうきょり

long distance

長寿

ちょうじゅ

long life

長閑

のどか

mild (weather)

長丁場

ながちょうば

long scene (in a play)

長唄

ながうた

long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)

長江

ちょうこう

Yangtze River (China)

長径

ちょうけい

major axis